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Guards open fire during California State Prison riot in Sacramento
Associated Press ^ | 12/7/11 | Staff

Posted on 12/07/2011 5:08:52 PM PST by Nachum

Sacramento - US prison guards have shot some prisoners while breaking up a fight involving 50 inmates at a California prison, corrections officials say. Inmates stabbed each other during the fight, and some employees suffered minor injuries as they intervened. The outbreak was in a maximum security area of the California State Prison, Sacramento. About 50 inmates were involved and an unknown number of staff were injured, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. "We don't have a firm number yet. At least nine inmates have been transported to local hospitals for treatment of stab

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: california; guards; prison; riot

1 posted on 12/07/2011 5:09:03 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Charming..


2 posted on 12/07/2011 5:14:30 PM PST by RitchieAprile (Fife is the new Bellevue!)
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To: Nachum

Mizundastood....


3 posted on 12/07/2011 5:16:48 PM PST by blackdog (And justice for all.....(Offer not valid in all locations, and prices vary))
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To: Nachum

Occupy CalStatePrison?


4 posted on 12/07/2011 5:19:07 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Nachum

Hispanic ,Aryan, and Black gangs?


5 posted on 12/07/2011 5:19:49 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Nachum

Any chance these may have been Amish prisoners?


6 posted on 12/07/2011 5:25:13 PM PST by animal172 (All aboard the Cain Train.)
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To: Venturer

In California most prisoners are Mexican. There are so many that they are divided into two groups, Nortenos and Surenos (northerners and southerners). The Mexicans like to kill each other, just like they do back home in Mexico. The other groups, including the blacks are heavily outnumbered. I bet this riot involved the two Mexican gangs going at each other. Celebrate diversity. /s


7 posted on 12/07/2011 5:26:41 PM PST by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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To: Nachum
they got nothing on Attica...
8 posted on 12/07/2011 5:50:47 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: All

It should read 50 dead scumbags.


9 posted on 12/07/2011 5:57:40 PM PST by troy McClure
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To: Nachum
California State Prison, Sacramento

What?

It had been called Folsom State Prison for years. The opening scene in the Jonny Cash movie shows the sign for "Repressa" the name for the city where located.

I was chatting with the mayor of Folsom once. He said, that having the prison there relieved them from building low income housing units.

The Folsom school system was wild, with prisoner children.

10 posted on 12/07/2011 6:02:38 PM PST by cicero2k
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To: Nachum
...some employees suffered minor injuries as they intervened

Sounds like the intervened way too early.....

11 posted on 12/07/2011 6:12:45 PM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: Nachum

I am wondering why this is news ????


12 posted on 12/07/2011 6:24:57 PM PST by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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To: cicero2k

“”California State Prison, Sacramento
What? It had been called Folsom State Prison for years””

I was wondering the same thing. Lived in Sacramento for a lot of years and never saw a prison there - HA!!!

Not that they couldn’t fill one close to the Capitol building! Made to order for politicians.


13 posted on 12/07/2011 6:45:23 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: cicero2k
The Folsom school system was wild, with prisoner children.

When was that? I live in Folsom. If it wasn't already famous you would never know there was a prison here. It's the most upscale suburb in Sacramento county. Prisoners families sure don't live here.

14 posted on 12/07/2011 6:48:52 PM PST by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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To: troy McClure

Darn right. Just ‘human’ garbage. Set phazers to kill...


15 posted on 12/07/2011 6:55:20 PM PST by bobby.223
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To: cicero2k

That Folsom closed. This is called New Folsom, not far from Downtown Sac.

Don’t you watch History channel? LOL


16 posted on 12/07/2011 7:33:18 PM PST by papasmurf (I pledge to vote (R). How 'bout you?)
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To: troy McClure
It should read 50 dead scumbags.

Seems to me the guards were too quick to react. Sometimes it's best to let the children work these things out amongst themselves.

17 posted on 12/07/2011 7:36:44 PM PST by bgill (The Obama administration is staging a coup. Wake up, America, before it's too late.)
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To: Nachum

It’s a hard luck life....yeah.....


18 posted on 12/07/2011 7:43:20 PM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. We have ideas-the Dems only have ideology.)
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To: Nachum

They needed to “WALK THE LINE”.


19 posted on 12/07/2011 7:56:06 PM PST by Mark (Don't argue with my posts. I typed while under sniper fire..)
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To: Nachum

Its society’s fault...


20 posted on 12/07/2011 10:08:08 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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